Life From Here

Things are still pretty busy at work, right now. Not so much from Fall Registration, though that's still going on and keeping us occupied (and a little frustrated.)

The biggest thing is Private School that's moving in. It's a private Christian high school. There are only about 60 students in the whole school (grades 9-12.) They're moving in at work. They'll be occupying the building during the day and we'll be using it at night.

It's good, I guess. Good for the Private school. They are Christian, but do not require their students to be Christian and therefore, don't want to be affiliated with any particular church. Thus far, they've been renting out spaces from churches during the day to have school in. With us, they're not really affiliated with anything (except maybe the arts.)
And it's good for us because it helps us save money on rent. The rent in our building is pretty high (due to the renovations they did to put in the dance studios.) Hopefully, this will mean less money going out for us (and with any luck, raises for those of us who have been busting our asses all summer.)

I'm a little afraid, however, that it's going to mean I'm stuck on evenings again this year. Which will suck. I hate working evenings. I know I should be happy I even have a job, what with the economy being what it is. But evenings just suck. If I'm not in rehearsal or production, I want to be working 9-5 like regular people.

But I suppose I ought to be happy with what I've got.

Um.

Yeah. It's fall registration. I'm burnt out.

I can has vacation now?

Weekends Rule!

I am so happy it's finally the weekend! This past week has been crazy.

Fall registration has begun at work. I can't believe how stressed people get about their kids' dance and music lessons. I seriously had parents in tears because the piano lesson time with the teacher they wanted was already taken. Really? Dude, it's a piano lesson. It's not heart surgery. Relax a little!

I'm hoping to have some relaxation and fun this weekend. Although, I seem to have started off on the wrong foot. With the garbage trucks arriving at 7:30am and all. But I'm making up for it by staying in my pajamas as long as possible.

Next week is going to be just as bad. Open registration begins on Monday (for new students and continuing students who didn't pre-register. Last week was just priority registration.) Then, hopefully, things will calm down a little. Only to get crazy again on September 9 when classes start again.

Meanwhile, the Study Diet is going well. I'm sort of learning things at the weekly classes (did you know you can drive a car 22 miles on the calories in 217 Big Macs?) I think I've lost some weight. My clothes are beginning to feel a little looser.
I've been getting up early and going to the pool before work this week. How about that?! Only four out of five days, but it's going well so far. It still kills me when the alarm goes off and I know I can't lay in bed another 20 minutes. But the pool is pretty quiet at 7am and I can get a lane to myself (I'm bad at sharing lanes; I don't swim straight.)

And now, for your entertainment (because I know this was a dry post; I started out with work, so I bet Beebe skipped over it altogether!) here are some pictures of our favorite baby Nephew. These were taken when I was in NY a few weeks ago. Nephew is about 6 weeks old.




First time in the sling and loving it!



Auntie Gina's hippy boy.




Daddy's #1 Draft Pick



He's awake! (And not very happy about it - "Auntie, stop taking my picture!")

Exhausted

Fall registration began today.

Due to some family circumstances for BossWoman, DanceTeacher is teaching her classes instead of working her usual desk hours this week. So I am the only person at the desk.

This is bad because fall registration is our craziest time of year. I got in today at 8am. By 8:15, there were people at the desk and the phone was ringing off the hook. I went to the pool before work today, and brought my breakfast to the office. It was 2pm by the time I got a chance to eat.

This is good because ... frankly, DanceTeacher isn't a great administrative person. I'm a little afraid of how she'd mess up fall registration. As crazy and hectic as it is, it's good that I don't have to clean up her mistakes on top of everything else.

So, it's going to be a crazy week. I'm exhausted already and it's only the first day. I'm hoping it'll only get better from here. I've had to deal with a couple of unhappy parents today. There isn't a whole lot I can do about the things that make them unhappy. Your kids' dance and music lessons are not a matter of life and death.

Tired and Sore

We're all moved. Not in, just moved. Our new apartment is full of boxes of things needing to be sorted and put away. Some of the things to be discarded. The new apartment is smaller than the old one. Smaller than we realized. We're having a hard time finding room for everything. Which makes this a good time to prioritize and downsize.

Right now, we're both tired and sore. It's been a rough week. We're feeling our age.

Next time we move, we're hiring movers.


Also, things are happening at work. Things which might make work in the fall good and might make it bad. It'll make it interesting at least. We shall see.

Moving Day!

Today is moving day. Well, the beginning of moving week, since we don't technically have to be out of this apartment until Thursday.

Due to work commitments, we're doing the majority of the move today and tomorrow. The Boy™ will be finishing up the small stuff and the cleaning during the week.

We're starting with the bedroom and The Boy™'s home office stuff today. I will be waking up in the new apartment tomorrow.